bagge

See also: bägge

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bage, baggue, bagke, bayge

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse baggi; compare Old French bague.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡ(ə)/

Noun

bagge

1. A fabric container; a bag, sack, pouch, purse, or wallet.
2. A bagpipe; a musical instrument consisting of a bag and a pipe.

Related terms

• bagage
• bagpipe

Descendants

• English: bag
• Scots: bag
• → Medieval Latin: baga

See also

• bælg, belg

References

• “bagge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse and Icelandic baggi, Old Norse bǫggr, Middle English bagge. The hypothesis for the shift in sense from "bag" to "ram" is by reference to the testicles of an unneutered ram. Doublet of bagage and packe.

Noun

bagge c

1. ram (male sheep)
2. (in compounds) beetle

   skalbagge

   beetle

Declension

Declension of bagge
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bagge	baggen	baggar	baggarna
Genitive	bagges	baggens	baggars	baggarnas

Further reading

• bagge in Svensk ordbok.
• bagge in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)